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High Royds Hospital Railway

Electric railways in the United KingdomHospital railways in the United KingdomRail transport in West YorkshireRailway lines closed in 1951Railway lines opened in 1883
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Old railway bridge, Menston geograph.org.uk 49055
Old railway bridge, Menston geograph.org.uk 49055

The High Royds Hospital Railway was a short railway connecting the West Riding County Asylum near Leeds in West Yorkshire with the Midland Railway line between Menston and Guiseley on the Otley and Ilkley Joint Railway (nowadays the Wharfedale Line). The line opened in 1883 and ran for just over 0.5 miles (0.80 km), it was constructed to 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge and was a single line throughout. The line closed in the 1930s in the face of road competition and increasing maintenance costs but reopened again in 1939 when the outbreak of war led to a fuel shortage for road transport. Final closure came in 1951.

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High Royds Hospital Railway
High Royds Drive, Leeds

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High Royds Drive
LS29 6QS Leeds
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Old railway bridge, Menston geograph.org.uk 49055
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